From: Peter Toye To: lilypond-user@gnu.org Cc: Phil Holmes Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 9:42 AM Subject: Re:8 marking on piano piece
Phil, In addition to the comments from Kieren and David, I should point out that the "8" sign is ambiguous. Some composers use it to add the lower octave (as here), others to play an octave lower (Debussy's Cathedrale Engloutie is an example), and you have to work out which one is meant, usually on musical grounds or parallel passages. If you look at the two settings of "hope nor love" in this song, you'll see that RVW (or the publisher) has used both notations, which makes it easy to work out what's needed.
Thanks.
But I'm a bit worried that you're setting the Songs of Travel at all. RVW died in 1958 and is still in copyright, at least in the UK (I don't know where you are). At any normal rate, the time taken to typeset it worth far more than buying a copy from a shop! Of course, a programmer is someone who spends a week programming something to save himself 5 minutes.
I'm doing it for 2 reasons, both primarily for my own use. Firstly as a type-setting exercise, since some of the Song of Travel are interesting to re-set. Secondly, I may sing them for my college recital and so I create computerised versions so I can learn the notes. That said, I would use these versions for the accompanist, but that's allowed for in the copyright regulations.
I have uploaded one to IMSLP, but it's clear there that this is not copyright free in the EU, although it is in Canada, where it's hosted. So I believe everything I've done so far is within the allowable regulations.
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